ACC counsel expects life imprisonment for Hasina in Rajuk plot scam cases
Public prosecutor for complainant Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Mir Ahammed Salam said he hopes all the accused, including the former prime minister and her son and daughter, will be convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
A Dhaka court is scheduled to deliver its verdict tomorrow (27 November) in three cases against 47 individuals, including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, and daughter Saima Wazed Putul, over alleged irregularities in Rajuk plot allocations.
Public prosecutor for complainant Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Mir Ahammed Salam said he hopes all the accused, including the former prime minister and her son and daughter, will be convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
He said the prosecution has been able to prove the allegations - based on testimony and documentary evidence - against the 47 accused in the alleged plot allocation fraud. "We are expecting the maximum punishment, which is life imprisonment, for all the accused," he said.
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Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun of Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 on 23 November fixed 27 November for pronouncing judgment in the three cases. The order came after both the prosecution and defence concluded their arguments on that day.
Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 framed charges in three of the six cases and issued arrest warrants against the accused on 31 July. On the same day, Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 framed charges in the remaining three identical cases.
Earlier, on 20 July, Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Zakir Hossain Galib sent the cases to trial courts, noting that the accused had failed to appear despite repeated court orders.
On 1 July, the court ordered a gazette notification summoning 100 accused, including Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
The ACC filed the six cases between 12 and 14 January, and submitted charge-sheets in all of them on 10 March.
According to case documents, ACC Deputy Director Md Salahuddin filed the first case on 14 January against eight accused, including Hasina, over the allocation of a 10-katha plot in Purbachal. A chargesheet was later submitted against 12 accused in this case.
On the same day, ACC Assistant Director SM Rashedul Hasan filed a second case against 15 accused, including Hasina and Joy; the charge-sheet later listed 17 accused.
On January 13, Salahuddin filed another case against 15 people, including Hasina, Sheikh Rehana, Radwan Mujib, Tulip Siddiq, and Azmina Siddiq. The charge sheet names 17 accused.
Another case filed the same day accused 16 people, including Hasina, Tulip Siddiq, and Azmina Siddiq, with the charge sheet listing 18 accused.
Additionally, a case was filed against Radwan Mujib and 15 others, with the charge sheet naming 18 accused.
On January 12, ACC Assistant Director Afnan Jannat Keya filed a case against 16 people, including Hasina and Saima Wazed Putul. The charge sheet named 18 accused.
